English
ceduous
Ceduous comes from Latin caeduus ‘that can be cut down, fellable’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *kh₂eyd-.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*kh₂eyd-‘to cut, hew’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*kh₂éydetireconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*kaidō‘to cut, hew, fell’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcaedō‘to cut down’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcaeduus‘that can be cut down, fellable’
- Englishearliest quotation 1670ceduous
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*kh₂eyd-‘to cut, hew’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*kh₂éydetireconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*kaidō‘to cut, hew, fell’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcaedō‘to cut down’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcaeduus‘that can be cut down, fellable’
- Englishearliest quotation 1670ceduous
Earliest quotation: 1670, John Evelyn, . Introduction.: “Theſe [trees] we ſhall divide into the Greater and…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *kh₂eyd- ‘to cut, hew’
through Proto-Italic *kaidō ‘to cut, hew, fell’
through Latin caedō ‘to cut down’
decision, precise, cement, concise, circumcision, incision, chisel, scissor, incisive, excision, incisor, caesium, 26 more
Today it means
adj Of a tree: fit to be felled.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *kh₂eyd- / ceduous